Recast youth

Chapter 41 Crystal Love
Li Bing was a little depressed.

For him, a college diploma is undoubtedly all he needs to change his destiny, but now he is facing the dilemma of dropping out of school. Perhaps it is because this new year is too depressing, and Li Bing also needs someone to talk to him.

Like Ye Feng, Li Bing's family has three siblings, one younger brother and one younger sister. The breadwinner of the family is his father, who works as a bricklayer on a construction site. Although life is difficult, it is still manageable. The family originally wanted to wait until Li Bing graduates from college. , the burden on the family will be lighter.

But on the 28th of the Lunar New Year, two days before the Chinese New Year, something happened to Li Bing's father. He fell from the third floor of the construction site. The fall was quite serious. His tailbone was fractured and he was paralyzed in bed. The family's biggest source of income suddenly fell. broken.

His younger brother and sister were still young, and Li Bing was the eldest son in the family. Naturally, he had to take over from his father to shoulder the burden of the family. The cost was to drop out of school and find a job in a factory.

Are you willing?
Naturally not reconciled.

"Ye Feng, why is God so unfair? Whenever I think I am about to have hope, he pours cold water on me without leaving any chance of survival."

At the end of the sentence, Li Bing, who was sitting on the bed, clenched his fists tightly and his eyes were red. His plan to take the civil service exam, which he had prepared for a year in advance, was suddenly aborted. He also wanted the ending he faced, drop out of school and work in a factory. Get married on a blind date, then guard the few acres of land at home, repeating the footsteps of the previous generation.

Ye Feng was silent.

In his previous life, he had a paranoid personality. After breaking up with Li Man, he was willing to degenerate like a revenge. There was always a sentence written on his signature: If I don't punish you, I will punish myself.

Finally dropped out of school.

Ye Feng didn't care about these things, but when his father came to pick him up from school, Ye Feng suddenly found that when things really came, he couldn't bear it, so he avoided his family for more than ten years.

He really felt the same way Li Bing felt now.

"Your dad fell from the construction site. Does the construction site count as a work-related injury?" Ye Feng asked with a frown. He didn't know when the work-related injury law was issued, but it should have been in place in 02.

"Lost."

Li Bing said bitterly: "But that little money is not enough for anything. It is only enough for my dad's medical treatment in the hospital. There is nothing extra. My younger brothers and sisters at home still have to go to school. At this juncture, I really have no shame in telling my parents." It’s about raising tuition fees.”

"But I will graduate in more than a year. It would be a pity to drop out now."

"There is no way, this is the fate of the poor."

Li Bing said this incomprehensibly, and then he didn't want to say more. He started to pack his suitcase and put his belongings inside. He started moving very quickly, but in the end he slowed down. The movements also seem to be much heavier.

In fact, not only Ye Feng, but also Li Bing himself knew that the moment he walked out of the dormitory with his suitcase, it would be another life. It does not mean that everyone can become the joke in the mouth of future generations: Seven years ago, I After failing the college entrance examination, he was admitted to a prestigious school. Now his mother is bragging to me that he is preparing to become a manager in a very good company, and I am considering whether to hire him.
This is also a Weibo joke.

College students in 2002 may not be as valuable as college students in the 90s and [-]s, but for Li Bing, it was undoubtedly a life-changing experience. After thinking about it, Ye Feng decided to help Li Bing finish college.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng asked Li Bing: "If your tuition does not need to be paid by your family, can you continue to study at this university?"

"What do you mean?" Li Bing stopped.

"I plan to borrow your tuition." Ye Feng looked at Li Bing and said, "No matter what, we are now in our junior year and will graduate in one and a half semesters. It would be a pity if we drop out now. The money spent in the previous years It’s all in vain.”

Li Bing said nothing.Ye Feng smiled and said deliberately: "Don't look solemn. I live in the same dormitory. Besides, I am lending you money, not giving it to you. You can't borrow money and not repay it, right? Just say whether you want to or not." If you are willing to read it, we are all grown men, just be honest."

Li Bing was much more straightforward and pragmatic than Ye Feng imagined. He asked Ye Feng: "Do you have enough money of your own?"

"That's enough." Ye Feng nodded: "I will give you 5000 yuan in the evening."

"Row."

Li Bing looked at Ye Feng, his voice choked up: "Lao San, I will keep this in mind. During the summer vacation, I will go out to work during the summer vacation, and then pay you back slowly. Really, thank you very much."

"No rush, let's wait until you graduate."

Ye Feng stood up, stretched, and then prepared to go to Tiantian Internet Cafe. Before leaving, he told Li Bing not to run around and give him 5000 yuan in the evening.

Li Bing nodded and said he wouldn't leave. The most he could do was call his family later.

……

Internet cafe every day.

Ye Feng found Lin Rui. Lin Rui became nervous when he heard that Ye Feng was asking him to borrow money. During this winter vacation, he knew very well that Ye Feng had taken at least 20 from him.

With so much money, he still needs to borrow money from himself, which shows that Ye Feng's financial gap is not small.

Lin Rui took out the latest Nokia mobile phone 6800 in his pocket, and gave a somewhat unconfident explanation, saying that he had spent about 3000 yuan on renting a house and assembling a computer, and bought another mobile phone. He only had [-] yuan on him, and asked Ye Feng if it was enough. He also gave Ye Feng some advice, saying that if it was not enough, he could get some from Wang Xiaoqiang. Wang Xiaoqiang had made at least [-] yuan these days.

Ye Feng said no, he just wanted five thousand. As for what the money would be used for, Ye Feng did not say.

Lin Rui didn't let Ye Feng wait long, and went directly to the bank to withdraw 5000 yuan for Ye Feng. Then Ye Feng wandered around the Internet cafe without any problems, and then he discovered that Wang Xiaoqiang had also bought a mobile phone.

And it sits nicely on the computer desktop.

Although Wang Xiaoqiang only bought a PHS, in 2002, except for some better-off families in the city, ordinary college students still could not afford mobile phones, and many office workers could only use PHS.

Wang Xiaoqiang was chatting with a female netizen with excitement on his face. A winter vacation practice made Wang Xiaoqiang's typing speed so fast that he could even type blindly.

The female netizen’s name is “Crystal Love”.

"Qiu Ya, let me tell you, I just bought a mobile phone. What is your mobile phone number? In the future, when I am not online, I can send you text messages." Wang Xiaoqiang typed excitedly and reported his number. .

"This is your PHS number." "Crystal Love" responded with a message.

Wang Xiaoqiang subconsciously felt a little embarrassed, and then said: "I just bought a PHS for transition. When Motorola's new mobile phone comes out, I will switch to Motorola."

(End of this chapter)